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** Also popped up in a episode of ''[[Charmed]]'' as the unlucky Maggie Murphy.
* [[Jensen Ackles]] was on an episode of ''[[Wishbone]]'' back in 1995.
* Nicole Anderson from ''[[Jonas]]'', played Tasha in the "iNevel" episode of ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]''.
* Ashley Argota from ''[[True Jackson, VP|True Jackson VP]]'', was a classmate of the [[Power Trio]] in the "iHave a Lovesick Teacher" episode of ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]''.
* Joey Lauren Adams had her first big break on the ''[[Married... with Children|Married With Children]]'' spinoff ''Top of The Heap'', where she played the jailbait neighbor with a crush on Matt Le Blanc.
* [[Ben Affleck]] had a small role as a basketball player in the original ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' movie, several years before he broke out in [[Kevin Smith]] movies and ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''.
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* [[Julie Benz]] was Darla first on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' before playing [[Dexter]]'s wife. {{spoiler|Oddly enough, the latter character was killed by [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|exsanguination]].}}
* Rachel Bilson was a [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|potential Slayer]] before ''[[The OC]]''.
* [[Jack Black]] had a lot of surprising small roles before hitting it big: one of the Wasteland Scraps in ''[[Demolition Man]]'', the pilot in ''[[Waterworld]]'', the bully in ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]] 3'', the hero's redneck squaddie brother in ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)!]]'', an arms dealer in ''[[The Jackal]]'' and minor roles in an episode of ''[[The X-Files]]'' and ''[[Enemy of the State]]''.
** A weedhead in ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer|I Still Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' and [[Matthew Broderick]]'s friend in ''[[The Cable Guy]]''
** He has some small roles in early episodes of ''[[Mr. Show]]''.
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** He also played a security guard in The Best of the Best 2. He has no lines, but is recognizable. He gets beaten up.
* Before ''[[Scrubs]]'', Zach Braff was in an episode of ''[[The Baby Sitters Club]]''.
* Doug Brochu, prior to joining [[Dueling Shows|rival series]] ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'', was Freddie's lab partner in one of the early episodes of ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]''.
* Andrew Bryniarski played [[Dumb Muscle|Zangief]] in ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'' and [[Christopher Walken|Max Shreck's]] son in ''[[Batman Returns]]'', but his first "starring" role was as Leatherface in ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' reboot and its sequel.
* It's hard to tell on some older televisions, but with HD or some good light you can see [[Gerard Butler]] in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', on the submarine {{spoiler|that is attacked}}. If you can't see him, his voice is almost unmistakable. Almost.
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* Dane Cook was Waffle Man aka The Waffler in ''[[Mystery Men]]'', a character who only appeared in the [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]].
* Danny Cooksey, the guy who plays John's best friend in ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] 2'', was Budnick on ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''.
* [[Miranda Cosgrove]] become widely known due to her role on ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]'', but she was Megan, one of the main characters in the earlier ''[[Drake and Josh]]'', a guest on ''[[Zoey 101]]'', Summer Hathaway in ''[[School of Rock]]'', and finally Young Lana Lang, at the age of 5, on ''[[Smallville]]''.
* Near the end of Season One of ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' in the episode called Nowhere To Run, there is a young woman who's raped by a rich ambassador's son. It's her first ever acting role. Her name? Marion Cotillard.
* Yet another [[Girl of the Week]] on ''[[Seinfeld]]'': Courteney Cox.